Jeffrey S. Evans 44th Semi-Annual Premier Americana Auction
>June 15-17, 2023
>2177 Mt Crawford
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MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. — Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates is presenting its 44th semi-annual Premier Americana auction on June 15-17. The three-day event features consignments from several important collections as well as a large selection of choice objects from various individuals, estates and institutions. Overall, with nearly 1,500 lots to be sold over the weekend, the sale is sure to generate plenty of excitement within the collecting community.
Day one, beginning at 9 am Eastern on Thursday, June 15, will feature material deaccessioned from the Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vt., and the Sandwich Glass Museum, Sandwich, Mass.; property from the estate of Peter Tillou, Litchfield, Conn.; and the private collection of T. Michael Carter and Linda Sturgeon of Richmond, Va. The day’s offerings will include a selection of colored flint; a collection of Pittsburgh area wares, including rare pattern- and pillar-molded forms; free-blown and blown-molded wares, many in rare colors and forms; historical / pictorial flasks and bottles; a collection of early commercial cologne bottles; the Bennington collection of pressed lacy open salts; and other pressed lacy. Highlights include a rare Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. pair of pillar-molded cut-notch tulip vases in brilliant deep emerald; a Boston & Sandwich deep amethyst loop / leaf covered sugar bowl; and a Midwestern pattern-molded deep amethyst cream jug.

Day two, at 9 am Eastern on Friday, June 16, will feature property from the estate of William S. “Pumpernickel Bill” Troxell, Allentown, Penn.; the David J. Baker collection, Garrison, N.Y.; the William D. Annable estate collection, Oberlin, Ohio; the collection of Ann Conner Jones, Winston-Salem, N.C.; the collection of James Lawrence, Williamsburg, Va.; items deaccessioned by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association and the Valentine Museum, Richmond, Va., to benefit collections care, preservations and future acquisitions. The day’s offerings will include a broad selection of American Historical Staffordshire transferware, Nineteenth Century American folk pottery, country accessories, baskets, samplers, quilts and additional English and Chinese ceramics.
Highlights for day two include a Staffordshire American Historical transfer-printed ceramic platter featuring the Arms of Pennsylvania; a rare American slip-decorated redware / earthenware dish bearing a political slogan “Hancock for / ever” in support of Winfield Scott Hancock’s 1880 presidential campaign; and a North Carolina-attributed “Rose Tree” pattern appliqued and pieced quilt.
Day three, beginning at 9 am Eastern on Saturday, June 17, will feature property from the estate of William S. “Pumpernickel Bill” Troxell, Allentown, Penn.; the William D. Annable estate collection, Oberlin, Ohio; the collection of Ann Conner Jones, Winston-Salem, N.C.; the collection of James Lawrence, Williamsburg, Va.; the collection of Ken Schuler, Linville, Va.; select items from the 50-year collection of Gerald and Genie Vaughn, Fancy Hill, Va.; items deaccessioned by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association and the Valentine Museum, Richmond, Va., to benefit collections care, preservations and future acquisitions; plus others.

The day’s offerings will include a selection of rare Virginia and other Southern material; Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century formal and country furniture, including painted examples; American folk and fine art; historical and Civil War material, including firearms; Nineteenth Cntury coin silver; rare antiquarian books; early American flags; and a selection of rare Pennsylvania fraktur and related works on paper. Highlights for the day include a pair of oil on canvas Prior-Hamblin School folk art portraits of a brother and sister, the latter retaining her original dress; a rare Charleston, S.C.-attributed Federal inlaid mahogany card table; a pair of historic Baltimore, Md., rowhouse doors used originally at the offices of the Afro News, a pioneering African American-owned newspaper that was highly influential in the Twentieth Century struggle for Civil Rights; a folk art full-body molded-copper cow weathervane with cast head and tail, attributed to Cushing & White; and an important Civil War-period shotgun used by Col. John Singleton Mosby with presentation inscription and provenance.

Company president Jeffrey S. Evans commented, “We are very excited to bring such an outstanding group of fresh objects to the market for this auction. Overall, our varied offerings of American folk art, Southern objects and historical material are especially strong and provide numerous unique buying opportunities for serious collectors.”
The catalogs for each session will be posted by June 2. The sale is on public preview June 13-14, 10 am to 6 pm; and June 15-17, from 8 am until end of auction on each day.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates is at 2177 Green Valley Lane. For more information, 540-434-3939 or www.jeffreysevans.com.
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540.434.3939
Specialists in Southern decorative arts, Americana, folk art, 18th to 20th c. glass
and ceramics, and fine antiques of all types. Conducting monthly catalogued auctions as well as providing appraisal and museum services.Always accepting quality consignments. Please contact Janice Hannah at (540) 434-3939, ext. 102 or consign@jeffreysevans.com to request a free evaluation of your property.